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Most candy stores - particularly those that display their wares in plastic bins with small scoops to dish the candies into individual bags - stock a wide variety of gummy candies: gummy worms, orange slices, sour cola bottles, etc. Some candy stores in the UK are stocking a more unusual gummy, a beer-flavored one. Dubbed pint pots, after the old-fashioned handled beer glasses, the candies taste just like beer. They are nonalcoholic, but it makes you wonder who exactly these candies are marketed to. I know that I don't see a whole lot of adults perusing the selection at candy stores.
Frankly, these actually seem a bit worse than candy cigarettes, which at least don't taste like the real thing, potentially developing a taste for the product they're based on in young candy-lovers.
[via Popgadget]
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9-04-2006 @7:11AM Tyler said... Talk about it?
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9-04-2006 @7:45AM Lisa said... Im uninclined to agree with candy cigerettes causing smoking I would more lay the blame to Hollywood and smoking in film.
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9-04-2006 @10:46AM MJ said... What are they thinking????????? This is too sad! And they banned fore grais??? Think I spelled it right LOL
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9-04-2006 @11:54AM Dr. Electro said... Foie Gras. But I think we all understood clearly what you intended.
I might like this kind of candy for an occasional taste treat since all my doctors have threatened to surgically remove my hands if I have a sip of beer. Damn this diabetes. I can occasionally have a small morsel of candy without incident and beer-flavored gummies would be an interesting treat.
Giving it to kids? I don't think I would ever approve of that.
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9-04-2006 @12:12PM jmforester said... I have to disagree with you about who they are marketing to. In the UK, adults eat enormous amounts of candy compared to the US. Wine flavored gums are very popular and have been around for decades. Adult oriented chocolate and cady with alcohol and alcohol flavors have been around for hundreds of years so this is nothing new.
Research has proven that it's nonsense that candy flavored with beer or wine, or candy cigarettes, cause children to drink or smoke. Please do your research before making comments like that. Alcohol and tobacco use is caused by social factors such as seeing family, friends, and role models using them.
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9-04-2006 @3:18PM Adriane said... I'm on the fence here- I know what you mean that it seems like a cheap marketing ploy, but I would say that only if the company creating/distributing the product was in some way affiliated with alcholic beverage companies.
If the argument is candy+alchohol is wrong, or that all candy is aimed at children (paricularly less "chic" gummies) then I beg you to revisit chocolates with liquor added, rum balls and so forth.
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9-04-2006 @10:03PM kaitlin Hess said... Don't diss the candy cigarettes! I loved them as a kid and i am a non-smoker.
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9-04-2006 @10:57PM Brian said... Actually, this is via Candy Addict:
http://candyaddict.com/blog/2006/07/19/pint-pots-beer-flavored-gummies/
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9-20-2006 @8:07PM JT said... They had these back when I was a kid (early 80's) living in England. Yes, they did taste like beer, but no, you really couldn't eat a lot of them. They also have something over there called "Shandy" - beer and lemonade mixed. Can't remember the percentage of alcohol (may have been just 2-3%) but kids could purchase.
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